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An Extra Dimension ofthe Tree 81
balistic thought. The Ten Sephiroth are included as a type of extension
of it, for the Zahar discusses the concealed Adam (or first Adam) who
encompasses the Ten Sephirorh. The Partsufim scheme tried to incorporate
the Sephirotic development and actually take it a step further,
and give a huge overview of the varying stages of development, and
show how the varying Trees of Life are incorporated in its vast theory.
The Golden Dawn tried to simplify this in a single diagram, showing
the main divisions of the Partsufim theory by grouping various Sephiroth
together.
To a certain extent the Partsufim theory continues where the Sephirothic
emanations leave off. At this juncture in the Zahar we are faced
with what could be described as a fifth world of the Kabbalist, made up of
four divisions, AB, SAG, MAH, and BEN. These divisions are derived
from a permutation of the letters YHVH, sometimes called in each of the
Four Worlds. Within the Golden Dawn papers (in the 4=7 ritual and
associated papers) however, Mathers opted for the four traditional worlds
and thus applied these to the Partsufim theory.
The next phase is the grouping of the ten Sephiroth through seven
stages. From this point there is a further negative space, or Abyss. This is
not to be confused with the Ain Soph Aur, but an area of what one would
call Negative Space, which is then reformed into the Second primordial
Adam, for the Zahar says:
He spoke firstly of the Kings who ruled over Edom before
the arrival of the King of Israel, symbols of the unbalanced
powers which manifested themselves at the beginning
of the Universe, before the triumph of harmony.
"God" said he, "when he wished to create, threw over his
radiance a veil, and in its folds, he cast a shadow. From
this shadow there arose Giants who said: 'We are Kings'
but they were nothing more than phantoms. They
appeared because God had hidden himself by creating
Night within Chaos; they disappeared when there was
brought forth from the east that Luminious Head, that
glowing head that humanity gives itself by proclaiming
the existence of God, the sun, governor of our aspirations
and our thoughts.
"Gods are mirages made of shadow, and God is the
synthesis of splendours. Usurpers fall away when the